Hi
I have a few thousand shape-files arranged in pairs of 5 in the form of a1.shp, a2.shp, a3.shp...... and b1.shp, b2.shp..... and so on. I would like to batch merge these into a.shp, b.shp and so on.
Some guidance on how to create this batch would be much appreciated.
Best regards, robin123
Hi @robin123,
You can use the option Generate Workspace:
On Reader - Dataset: you can choose all shapefiles from a ( a1.shp, a2.shp,a3.shp ):
Thanks,
Danilo
Hi @robin123,
I create dynamic Workspace for you.
The Reader was configurated to read a Folder. My folder:
I used the transformer Tester to filter by fme_basename:
I attached the Workspace.
Thanks, - workspace-shape.fmw
Danilo
You can read all shape files (*.shp) (assuming they have the same schema) in dynamic mode..
Then use a SubstringExtractor (index 0 - 0) to get the first character of the file name from fme_basename.
Then set the name of the output to the _substring attribute (created in the SubstringExtractor).
